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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7, Through the Ironwood Curtain.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What effect does the tide have upon the black, algae-stained Kronkel river?
(a) The tide sends ocean salmon back to the place they spawned.
(b) The tide reverses the river's current and pushes it back into the swamp.
(c) The tide kills fish and wildlife as water rushes in and floods the area.
(d) The tide sends great cresting waves up the river which create chaos.
2. What do the Sawi people do when the long poles holding up their homes begin to rot?
(a) They work with their neighbors and replace all the poles.
(b) They move to another location.
(c) They lower their houses to the ground.
(d) They replace them with steel girders.
3. What is unique about the kidari along the Kronkel river?
(a) The kidari has many types of exotic fish which visit it.
(b) The kidari is a waterfall which falls some 500 feet.
(c) The kidari is the longest straight stretch of the river.
(d) The kidari has dangerous currents which should be avoided.
4. What does the woman Anai do when she hears that Yae's jawbone will be given to her?
(a) She takes the bone and grinds it into fine dust and then spreads it atop the river.
(b) She cries out in jubilation and dances to celebrate her great honor.
(c) She promises that she will send it to Yae's wife as an expression of her sympathy.
(d) She is filled with remorse and grief and refuses to take it.
5. What part of the human skeleton do Sawi children play with?
(a) The leg bones.
(b) The polished skull.
(c) The entire skeleton.
(d) The hip socket.
Short Answer Questions
1. Why must the women, young men and children leave when Yae's skull is cracked open?
2. What is the Ironwood Curtain?
3. What do the Tuans give the elders who come out to meet them for the first time?
4. What flag flies on the deck of the "super canoe"?
5. What is the most powerful family relationship in Sawi culture?
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